There was tension at the Federal Government Girls’ Secondary School in Benin City, Edo State, southsouth Nigeria when teachers of the school were attacked by thugs who were allegedly on a mission to avenge the beating of a girl said to be the grand daughter of Oba of Benin by a teacher in the school.
The student said to be a granddaughter of the Benin Monarch, Oba Erediauwa, was alleged to have been injured on the hand while being flogged by the teacher.
It was gathered that the suspected hoodlums invaded the school premises on Monday and started beating up some teachers over alleged flogging of the student.
It was said that the thugs who were allegedly led by Tony forced the way into the school compound and demanded that the teacher who flogged the Oba’s grand daughter be produced and when this was not done, they attacked the teachers including one of the vice-principals.
State Chairman of TUC, Comrade Joe Aligbe who confirmed the invasion by the thugs, said they were armed and threatened to return if the teacher was not produced.
“Our members are now afraid. We are here to appeal to them for calm. The principal is not aware. I know the Benin monarch will not approve of this action,” he said.
The Vice Principal, Special Duties, Mr. Ihiridan Harga, said the school’s management team are new and were not aware of the flogging of a Benin Princess, adding “the alleged offence was committed before we resumed here. We were not aware of the flogging. The intruders were many and they were led by two chiefs.
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I dont tink d princess is above d rule n regulations governin d sch. If she erred, irrespective of her status in d society she ought 2 hav b punished 2 serve as a deterrent 2 others 2 follow. I ll b of d opinion dat, proper investigation should b carried out if d action of d hooldlums is faulted d Oba should cal 4 proper apology 2 d management of d sch, vice-visa
ReplyDeleteShe should school at home since she's a princess..if that can't be done then she should b ready for more flogging if she's in a unity school.no student is above flogging there!!!
ReplyDeletestop flogging. period.
ReplyDeleteThere's nothing wrong about flogging.... Just dont be overzealous and injure someone because you want to send a message...if the teacher really didnt do anything he was ashamed off, he would have stepped forward. Princess or not.
ReplyDeleteBarbaric benin kingdôm and princess my foot. If she is nt ready to b discipline, she shuld leave sch immediately nd go to d palace as sch.
ReplyDeleteSo the answer to the flogging is to gather thugs for some lynchings? so the child can do anything she wants n encourage her class to misbehave n disrespect authourity? U want respect but u don't give it.
ReplyDeleteSchool ur child at homenand stop messing people"s lives.
Teachers are becoming endangered specie. Let us be careful that we do not lose our tradition. There must be discipline, but with reason
ReplyDelete@ 6:52
ReplyDeleteI was going to hastily make a comment asking if our tradition included inflicting injuries on students by teachers in the name of discipline. But having reread your comment again, I absolutely agree with your last sentence.
Those two chiefs need to be investigated if they were sent by d palace, before condemming d Oba & should be brought to book, d Oba of Benin is a well learned man he will not send that kind of a message. By d way why will a teacher flog a student until she's injured, it wrong to flog a child wen she misbehave but to d extend to inflatting injury on d students. Teachers should learn to see d students as their own.
ReplyDeletemake the princess comot for school now if she don pass school regulation...
ReplyDelete